Building construction.



v PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908. G. W. GHANTIGNEY & J. P. MORENOY.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APELIGATION TILED NOV. 27, 1905.

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Witnesses:

Attorneys No. 879,520. J PATENTBD FEB. 18, 1908. G. W. GHANTIGNBY & J. P. MORENCY.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

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APPLIGATION YILED NOV. 2'], 1905.

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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV, 27, 1905.

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GEORGE!)v W. OHANTTGNEY AND JOSEPH P. MORENCY, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BIUILDING consrauc'rron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 27. 1906. Serial No. 289.209.

Patented Feb. is, 1908.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. CHAN- 'rieNEY and Josnrn P. MORENCY, subjects of "and useful Improvements in Building Con- 'struction; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

Our invention relates to build'ln construe-- tion; the object of.our invention is to provide a construction-having a continuous double wallrovided with-a continuous an s ace aroun the entire structure;-'.a further .0 j ect is to provide means for ventilating each room; a further object is to provide means fordraining1 the moisture from the dead airispacein t e'walls of the structure; and, our invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement. of parts as herein illustrated, described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings forming part of this ap l1cat1on, 'we have illustrated one form of em odiment of our invention, which drawings similar reference characters dsignatecorresponding parts, and in which: "Flgure. 1 is a vertical section through a building constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a similar building, taken in a different plane to Fig. 1, that is taken through-the win ow openings; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 33-of Fig. 2; Fig... 4 is a vertical section through the. space between two windows in the side wall; Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken through the junction of a partition and a side wall; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken through the corner of the walls, showing the reinforcing members; Fig. 7 is a'horizontal section through a corner Fig. 8 is a vertical section through a floor joist, showing the reinforcing member; and, Fig. 9 1s a perspective view of a relnforclng member used in the side walls.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base or foundation formed of plastic material. Disposed on the foundation and formed integral therewith, is a wall 2, extending to he ground line of the structure. Formed ontinuous with the wall 2 from the ground- 1 e upward, are the side walls 2, 2*, having dead air space 3 between the same. D18- posed on the foundation 1 and extending upwardly to the roof, is a solid partition wall 4, also formed of plastic m'aterialI The joists 5 are formed from plastic material, 'andreinforced with a suitable beam .6. 2*, 2 are reinforced and held together by the reinforcing members 7, having angular ends 7*. Where the partitions 4 and sidewalls 2 are joined together, they are reinforced by the horizontally disposed T-irons 8.

The walls As best shown 1n Fig. 4, the walls 2' and 2 are connected by the webs 9, betweenthe windows. The vertical webs 9 are provided with openings 10 to permit the circulation of air beneath the windows.

The walls 2 adjacent the ceiling apartment formed in this construction, are provided with openings 11, and adjacent the oor in each apartment are provided with openings 12, so that each apartment may be ventilated by means of these openings, which may be closed by any suitable form of ventilating apparatus. Y

Adjacent their upper ends, the inner walls 2 are providedwith ducts 13, and the walls 2*,2 are covered by a coping 14. A suit in each able roof 15 of ordinary; construction is placed on the building below the coping 14. The walls 2 are provided ,with ducts 16,

adjacent. their lower ends, which ducts are inclined downward, so that any moisture which accumulates in the dead air space 3 vided with smoke flues 18, formed in enlargements 19, which enlargements are integral with and formed from the same material as the walls 2'.

The walls 2, 2 are provided withsuitable window and door openings 20, and the solid partitions 4 are provided with door openin' s 21.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A building comprising an imperforate outer wall, an inner .wall spaced. therefrom to provide a continuous intervening air space,

said inner wall being provided at different levels with ventilating o enings communicating with the interior of the building, and ventilating ducts at its top, a roof supported on said inner wall at a distance below said ducts, and a coping extending across the tops of said inner and outer Walls and projecting over said inner wail, whereby said roof and coping eflicient'ly shield said ventilating ducts from the entrance of extraneous matter, substantially as described.

In witnes whereof We have hereunto set our hands in the presence 0f two Witnesses. GEDRGE W. OHAIITIGNEY. JOSEPH P. MGRENCY. Witnesses (1 Q. *Covsms, EUGENE M. SLINEY. 

